refrain

Summary

refrain is a musical-structural concept^[1]. refrain draws 752 Wikipedia views per month (musical_structural_concept category, ranking #4 of 16).^[2]

Key Facts

• refrain's instance of is recorded as musical-structural concept^[3].
• refrain's instance of is recorded as literature term^[4].
• refrain's genre is jazz^[5].
• refrain is a type of passage^[6].
• refrain is part of song^[7].
• refrain is part of poetry^[8].
• refrain is part of verse-chorus form^[9].
• refrain's Commons category is recorded as Chorus (song structure)^[10].
• refrain's said to be the same as is recorded as hook^[11].
• refrain is the opposite of song verse^[12].
• refrain's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• refrain's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan^[14].
• refrain's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• refrain's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5^[16].
• refrain's has characteristic is recorded as repetition^[17].
• refrain's different from is recorded as ritornello^[18].
• refrain's different from is recorded as stornello^[19].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include musical-structural concept^[3] and literature term^[4]. refrain is a type of passage^[6]. refrain is the opposite of song verse^[12].

Use and Application

Part of include song^[7], a type of musical work/composition^[20]; poetry^[8], a literary form^[21]; and verse-chorus form^[9], a musical form^[22].

Influence

Things named for refrain include verse-chorus form^[23], a musical form^[24].

Why It Matters

refrain draws 752 Wikipedia views per month (musical_structural_concept category, ranking #4 of 16).^[2] refrain has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25] refrain is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[26]

Entities named for refrain include verse-chorus form^[23], a musical form^[24].